[MR] archaeology news from Europe (Fwd: [Explorator] Digest Number 560)

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In the Archaeology in Europe Blog, there are many additional interesting  
bits of news.
Nancy / Ingvild
 
 
  
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An 11th century spindle adorned with Runes from  Reykjavik:

http://icelandreview.com/icelandreview/daily_news/?cat_id=16539&ew_0_a_id=3139
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Learning  from a Viking burial:

http://www.newkerala.com/mn/a-2147.htm

...  and the Vikings apparently brought mice to Britain as  well:

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/10/01/the-vikings-brought-anoth
er-group-of-invaders-to-britain-mice/

Plans  are afoot to search for St Edmund (sort  of):

http://tinyurl.com/6jvh6u

Some gold studs from Stonehenge  were (re)discovered in a  desk:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7684300.stm
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3242724/Britains-most-
important-archeological-discovery-found-in-desk-drawer.html

Can't  remember if we've mentioned this Stonehenge 'hedgehog'  before:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/081021-stonehenge-toy.html

Other  finds found in the search for Hull's first Carmelite  friary:

http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/localnews/Dig-finds-delight-but-ancient.4612417
.jp

Are  the Jelling Stones  threatened?:

http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/article587048.ece
http://politiken.dk/kultur/article586722.ece

Archaeology  in Europe  Blog:

http://www.archaeology.eu.com/weblog/index.html

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